1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 66aa2a00414b..9d23edc06698 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1606,7 +1606,12 @@ static size_t syscall__scnprintf_args(struct syscall *sc, char *bf, size_t size,
                                                      "%ld", val);
                         }
                 }
-        } else {
+        } else if (IS_ERR(sc->tp_format)) {
+                /*
+                 * If we managed to read the tracepoint /format file, then we
+                 * may end up not having any args, like with gettid(), so only
+                 * print the raw args when we didn't manage to read it.
+                 */
                 int i = 0;
 
                 while (i < 6) {